Sometimes the bottle says it all

Sometimes it is very easy to spot oils that are not real essential oils. All it takes is a look at the bottle and a little background knowledge.

First and foremost, if a bottle says: fragrance oil, essence oil, or aroma oil it is definitely not real essential oil, and without all the vital plant components that make essential oils so beneficial. Basically any oil other than “essential oil” is not what you are looking for. That is unless it says absolute. Absolute is real plant material extracted by the solvent method vs. the steam distillation method in essential oils.  

Second, real essential oils are never made somewhere. If you see Frankincense essential oil with the label “Made in France” or Rose “Made in USA” then, again, there is a very high probability it is not real essential oil. To begin with, oils are never “made”; they are extracted. Second France has no Frankincense and USA has no Rose (in quantities sufficient for extraction). Frankincense is native to Somalia, Ethiopia, Oman, and India and Rose is native to West and Central Asia, North Africa, India, France, and Bulgaria.

If you find oil in a plastic container, big question mark. Essential oils interact with the components of plastic and essential oil suppliers never bottle them in plastics. They should be bottled in dark glass bottles. Light can also damage essential oils.

Almost always real essential oils will have their common name and latin name written clearly on the label. Any oil which does not clearly state the latin name and the origin of the essential oil must be questioned.

Now I am not saying that if an oil bottle is dark glass with the common name and latin name clearly written, and the origin and part used is stated then what you are buying is real oil. That is for the simple reason that it is quite easy for vendors to checklist all of the above. What I am saying is that if you find oils that do not satisfy one or more of the above points then you should question the supplier. It is an effective early filter.